Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one

$...a fissure appeared. Splinters of plastic broke away around it, and the fissure widened, radiating further fractures.W — A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection$

Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.